Jim Barker

@annaroseridgway Pick on the aged, when the ultimate responsibility is the government. This issue has been known about for 60 years and they have done nothing about it.

I would love to give pensioners as much as possible. But Britain is not a rich country, and we will not become one by sinking deeper into debt. The triple lock keeps handing ever more money to one of the wealthiest age groups while younger workers pay the bill. Ending it is not cruelty. It is fiscal reality.

@cleanupbritain They don't own this equipment. It belongs to private companies

There are, literally, hundreds of thousands of discarded pieces of roadside equipment abandoned all over Britain. Councils that plead poverty but waste taxpayers money. They need to be 'named and shamed'. Please help us do this. Use our free App. cleanupbritain.app

@SandyofSuffolk @OliverNeilson I never knew this. It's an interesting possible answer?

@OliverNeilson @JimBarker Greece do this. I know hairdressers are one of the occupations who retire earlier because of the strain of standing up all day and the repetitive strain on their wrists and fingers.

In all my 46 years of working, I never once heard anyone complain about old people getting a state pension. We just knew the older generation deserved looking after when they couldn't look after themselves after all their years of hard work.

@OliverNeilson @SandyofSuffolk That's the issue. So the alternative is the status quo?

@JimBarker @SandyofSuffolk The average at the start of the pension was 3 months, it’s seems fair to allow physical jobs to retire earlier, but can you imagine mediating the arguments about who and who hasn’t got a physical job.

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Trump: "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. They are lunatics, and you can't put nuclear weapons in the hands of a lunatic."

@DominicMcGregor And what will the average income be when you retire? 60k? 70k?

I’m 32 years old and I want to change the state pension. With the triple lock, based on historical growth (4.5%) when I reach my pension age. The state pension will be £30,100 a year. This would account for £512bn a year. The current government budget is 1.2Trn. This would be 3x the current NHS budget. The triple lock is unsustainable. Now the debate, no one is saying that pensioners shouldn’t recieve support. That goes without saying. But there shouldn’t be a non-means tested, non contribution based pension which gives everyone blanket support. Especially when you consider 1 in 4 of over 60 years are asset millionaires. My view is, we need to have a means tested only state pension. Which is reassessed every 3 years. There is no “pot” people pay into, national insurance is just a tax - there is no ring fenced fund for a state pension. It comes directly from taxation ever annum. Without changes like this, young people will suffer while older people - who receive their pension and political protection because they actively vote - will continue to have a glorious quality of life.

@OliverNeilson @SandyofSuffolk The average for years was men would get 7 years pension, women 20 years. Now the average is 10 year for men and 15 years for women. Lots of industry is still physical, so how about men working physical jobs retire at 65, if you sit in an office all day 75? Same for women. Fair?

@SandyofSuffolk The pension age should increase really. When the system was designed men claimed at 65 after 5 decades of physical work in the main, and on average died 3 months later. No we have much less physical work, and people frequently claiming it for 20 years. It’s not sustainable.

@annaroseridgway The triple lock was put in place to slowly bring up pensions to a livable amount, which is still half of what the rest of Europe and other 1st world countries receive. It's even lower than a few 3rd world countries.

25% of pensioners are millionaires. 55% of welfare spending goes on pensioners. Why don’t we: 1) means test the state pension, millionaires don’t need benefits. 2) increase the amount we give to the pensioners who need it the most. 3) stop the unsustainable triple lock.

@patsy1810 @PeterHarry567 If you paid your rent, council tax and utility Bill's with no late payments, you can get a mortgage with skipton building society

One thing puzzles me. A young couple cannot get a mortgage for 900 quid, yet they pay 1200 quid rent? What are the banks doing?

@linmeitalks Boomers never whined that they got no help from family or government, mortgage rates were 3 times what they are now. They worked 60 hours+ a week, never had holidays and went without, just to put a roof over their heads.

There are boomers sitting in large houses who don’t even want to free up equity or sell their house to help their own children get on the ladder. This is the level of selfishness we are dealing with. Thank god for parents like my mother She would sell her house in Tottenham tomorrow if it meant helping me…. And I would do anything to make her life comfortable- that’s what family is about. An eco system of giving. These days many boomers don’t want to help with grandchildren or finacial assistance and children don’t want to help their parents - so much selfishness between recent generations and it will get worse.

@JamesMelville Our prices are fixed by the gas price, once they delink it, the price can go down. I have no idea why the government hasn't done that. Maybe someone could enlighten me.

The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe. We are being fleeced.

@ReemAmirIbrahim So you blame the pensioners for your problems, not the people who deserve your ire. UK state pensions are among the lowest in Europe and the triple lock was put in place to slowly bring pensions up to a livable standard. The government has known about this for 60 years.

Why would young people stay in boomer commie Britain? With every party in Britain promising to keep the triple lock on pensions, Gov. deficit growing, taxes rising… I moved to the U.S., I know lots of young people who have moved to Dubai. It’s easier than ever to get out.

@griminthenorth @DavidVidecette Public transport is appallingly bad, most people don't work within cycle or walking distance.

@JimBarker @DavidVidecette Public transport, bicycles, walking

Stop saying we should all have EV’s! 9 to 9.3 million households (33-35% of all UK households) have no access to a driveway or designated parking space Studies suggest that as many as 44% of UK homes are considered "unsuitable" for home charging

@griminthenorth @DavidVidecette So you advocate for thousands or millions to be unemployed?

@DavidVidecette Those people without a driveway or designated parking space should not have a car

@ReemAmirIbrahim The government have known the issue was coming for 60 years. Its successive governments fault that there is an issue, not people claiming their pension, which is the lowest in Europe. The workers have always financed the last generations pension, but this should have changed.

The state pension costs working-age Brits over £150 billion a year. Is it fair for young people to pay the highest tax burden in British history to fund every single pensioner? Especially when 25% are millionaires?

@MarkGriffin59 That's been the same for years, why didn't you rant before labour or before conservatives?

@MikeNew19512115 Please. Just go. NATO probably has had enough of the US whining like a 4 year old.

Close down all US bases in Europe. Leave NATO. France, Spain and UK are no longer our allies.

@SandyofSuffolk She was the foundation for all our problems today

All I can say is Margaret Thatcher must be turning in her grave at what's become of this country.🇬🇧

@UK_Needs_Reform @UKLabour And most of it not caused by the labour government

WELL DONE @UKLabour Have I missed anything? Taxes UP Petrol UP Diesel UP Heating oil UP LPG gas UP House gas UP Electricity UP Water UP TV license UP Road Tax UP Food Bills. UP Mortgage. UP Building Materials UP Government Speeding UP Rent UP MPs wages. UP Hospital waiting lists. UP Pot holes on roads. UP Shop lifting. UP Crime. UP Everything UP

@rec777777 @UKLabour So you think you should have your energy subsidised as well?

So taxpayers will subsidise energy bills for those on benefits aswell as paying extra for our own Very @UKLabour #PMQs